Where does “multidiameter” come from?
multidiameter (English) comes from English diameter, from Old French diametre, from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
multidiameter (English): Having more than one diameter
Definitions
- Having more than one diameter
Ancestry of “multidiameter”, step by step
multidiameter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English diameter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diameter | Any straight line between two points on the... |
| 2 | Old French | diametre | — |
| 3 | Latin | diametrus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | διάμετρος | the diameter or diagonal of a parallelogram; a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 2 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 3 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 4 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 5 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 6 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |